Most of our 9 month photos look something like this:



















But I did get a few decent ones, just none where she's showing her sign. Oh well! She was having a rough day with her top two teeth coming in. She now has a total of four teeth. Amelia is getting around really well. She cruises furniture and bends over to pick up things from the ground likes its no big deal. She lets go of furniture every now and then and quickly sits down once she realizes what she has done. A few more weeks and I think she will be standing on her own. Her personality is coming out more and more each day. She loves to laugh at Ainsley and has learned to clap and wave. She is the wiggliest baby I've ever seen. Dustin and I frequently have to double up on her just to change a diaper...she screams, but we win in the end! Ainsley continues to call Amelia sissy, but has started using her name here and there, so it looks like she won't be sissy forever.

Green Beans!

We've been introducing Amelia to more and more finger foods recently and she loves green beans.













One plus of Amelia starting finger foods is that Ainsley gets jealous and wants them too. I haven't been able to get her to eat green beans in months and she use to love them.

So there is an upside of the occassional jealous big sister.

Get Away Minus Mommy

I had to work all weekend at our annual Veteran's Day celebration on Saturday so Dustin headed to east Texas to spend the weekend with his parents at a resort where they were spending a long weekend. The girls had a blast and Ainsley tried out fishing for the first time. Dustin said she was more interested in her fishing rod than actually fishing. They finished off the weekend at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler. Looks like they had fun! I wish I could have joined them!

Happy Halloween!

We headed to Shreveport for Halloween! Our precious little flower and bee were cute as could be! We were very excited that Ainsley would actually go to doors and say trick or treat (sometimes before the door would be opened...but its a start). She had a ton of fun! Once we were home, the sugar high commenced!

Sicky!

Poor Amelia has been sick and on breathing treatments! No fun at all! Oddly enough, despite the fact that she's breathing in steroids, Amelia passes out during her breathing treatments. This makes them much easier to deal with. I got sick a few days after Amelia started feeling better with some nasty fever...flu? Maybe...who knows! Somehow Dustin and Ainsley have stayed generally well!

Pumpkin Patch

Our pumpkin patch visit didn't go quite as planned this year. Ainsley didn't want to have her picture taken, Amelia didn't want to sit on the ground and Dustin didn't feel well. So we got a few quick shots and left.





















We then let Ainsley give her new car a test run in the parking lot. It was the first chance we've had since her birthday party thanks to all the rain. She figured it out pretty quickly and had a blast! Amelia chilled in the back of the car and took it all in.

8 Months

Amelia is 8 months old! She is so adventurous. She loves to crawl into Ainsley's pink chair and stand up when we aren't looking. In addition to pulling up on anything and everything, she's letting go with one hand and sometimes two for a brief second or two. She's also starting to walk holding on to the couch and tables...we are in trouble! Walking comes next if I remember correctly! She moved up a room at daycare and today was her first full day in the new room. She waved at me for the first time today when I picked her up. She still just has two teeth and no sign of any new ones on their way. She also is beginning to shower Charlie with lots of love. Amelia is always smiling and smiles even bigger when Ainsley is nearby.

Deep in the Heart of Texas!

Ainsley and I rode the train down to the Texas State Fair with Maria and Jadon and had a blast. The weather was perfect and the crowd was light. We could not have asked for a better day to go. Ainsley loved the fair last year, but this year she was able to do so much more. Next year maybe she will even be able to handle a few rides.

Eleanor!

Eleanor and her mommy were in town and we were very excited to see them! Ainsley and Eleanor shared a seat to watch the magic show and they took a ride on the carousel at Crystal's Pizza and Spaghetti Palace. It's an interesting to place to visit!















Can't wait to see you again! Maybe next time we will be back in Charlotte!

Yum!

Ainsley loves homemade hummus as much as we do! I wonder what she would think if she knew it had beans in it?